The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-16 00:00:00

THE CHURCH. FOR THE SUN. EDITOR,—If the public mind be drawn to the consideration of public events, and permitted to operate with dispassionate and. unbiassed pro -pensities ; if it should enter on the examination of grave and important subjects, unoccupied by fa vourite. notions, much hope • - may reasonably be 'entertained, that its conclusions will as nearly re semble truth, as can be expected fromhuman perfection. The religious controversies of the present day; which have unhappily made their way into the very bosom of •our Church, through the powerful agency of its inveterate spiritual enemy, and " have destroyed the peace of Jerusalem," are disgraceful to those \vim call themselves Chris tians, and of the most dangerous tendency to Christianity itself. Distracted by internal factions, aud, miserable to add, amongst those solemnly pledged -to its support, this venerable fabric, this goodly edifice, built on on the Prophets and Apostles, Christ himself being the chief cor ner stone, and purified and upheld for us by the • exemplary piety, prudent zeal, and martyred wis • dom of our truly religious ancestors, is in danger of desolation by the distempered and unruly spi rits of sonic of its turbulent members. A more daring innovation upon the Ecclesiastical Govern. ment established in our country has seldom, if ever, been witnessed, than that lately exhibited in . the city of Bath, by the " Church of England Missionary Society." The particulars of this in- Ttovation are already before the public; and it will therefore be unnecessary for me to detail them. Sufficient for my purpose will be the remark, that this. apparent attempt to undermine and destroy the salutary control of our Religious Authorities was imposed by one of the Constituted Guardians of.the Church, the Reverend the Archdeacon of BATH, ill a style of dignified, and manly, and appropriate energy, which claimed, and has since been re- . warded by, the cordial approbation of his supe t•iors in the Church, and has distinguished him to be one of its most zealous and judicious support , . ers. Now, Sir, with considerably effrontery, very consistently accompanied by ignorance on many points, and a wilful perversion and misunderstand ing of plain propositions on more, the Archdeacon has been attacked, his conduct arraigned, and his arguments most falsely and disgracefully misrepre sented, in a pamphlet- entitled " A Defence or the Church Missionary Society against the objections of the Archdeacon of BATH," by the Reverend DANIEL IVILgoN, a zealous advocate its favour of the tortuatiots of Auxiliary Associ,:tions to the Church of England Missionary Society," not only, as himself confesses, " without any com mission or delegation Irons that venerable autho rity," but in absolute defiance anti contempt of it, as has been cleaviy proved by those to whom I will refer. peculiar and most praiseworthy caution, as affecting the interest of the party em ploying this Reverend Gentleman, he has endea voured to keep Irons the public eye the real foun dation of the Archdeacon's objections to this in vasive Society ; but in order that the decision of the public may be exempt from those errors in judgment consequent upon the concealment of truth, suppressirti of facts, and distorted interpre tation, I earnestly recommend to their attentive perusal Two Letters lately published .ba RIVING TONS, addre s sed to the Rev. DANIEL WILSON, — one by the Rev. W. B. Wurrßiteact,.the other by the Rev. J. B. S. CARWITHEN. • As tar as the efforts of an humble individual ex tend, I would assist all it: discovering truth, and, under this impression alone, I venture, through the medium of your Paper (the uncorrupted chan nel of truth), to direct the attention of my Coun trymen to these Two Letters, th a t t h e y may be guarded against the deception which the specious and Jesuitical " Defence " of the Rev. D. WIL SON, is intended to practise on them. These Let ters are calculated to remove the film, with which he has laboured, with much ingenuity I admit, to blind the eves of men, and will further present to the minds of the sober part of the community, a just estimate of the proceedings of a society, which requires for its defence the use of such ob jectionable materials. If the deductions from le gitimate and sound argument were ever success fully demonstrated against sophistry and false hood, and worked their refutation, the calm and tarias, -. .ed Reader will impute to the Letter of the Rev. Mr. WHITEHEAD a most decisive victory. Ile has descended with his antagonist into the " field of argument," and in a most mastetly style, but Christian-like spirit, has driven bin) • front his positions, and has rescued the venerable Ar4hdeacon from his furious assailant. Equally t ! inmphant have been the efforts of the Rev. Mr. CA;twtriteN. But this is a digression ; I have no design to eulogize the Letters of these Gentlemen ....they-want no encomium of mine. Experience justifies the belief, that the restless penny-hunting vett:bets of this Missionary Society will be perti nacionsly active to strengthen their, own cause, ..and will adopt the wise system cf their liberal ad vocate„by the suppression of all matter which may tend to display it in its true colours ; but anxious . that the public may be possessed of all the circum stances, I invite their attention seriously to these two Letters, under a conviction that they will most substantially assist their judgment on the subject of this controversy. Should the author of the " Defence" " magnanimously resolve to quit the comforts of his native land," and become " a faithful missionary himself," he would of course recommend and urge the superiority of Episcopal ,Government, to which he and his party have shewn such ardent attachment. How perfect would be the system of authority and sobordina thrn !—May his efforts there be crowned with complete success !—Sir, I remain, • Your humble Servant, and sincerely attached to . CHURCH AND STATE. FI ENt El PAPERS. PAM, MARCH I2.—The Settle continues tot ise; several streets its the Faubourg St. Ai oitte are inundated. The Chamber of Deputies only assembled yes terday in their Bureaux. There is to he a public sittiog this day to receive a Ministerial -communi cation, and to hear the Report. on the Customs Projet. The Report on the Budget is to be niatle on Monday. We learn from Turin, that shocks of earth quakes have been telt in several parts of Italy, amongst other places at Genoa, Savona, Alauco, and San Remo. At the last mentioned town the greatest consternation prevailed for t,to days in conscq tence of repeated shocks. Two houses were thrown down at Alazzio but no lives were lost. The opening of the Assizes at AN for the trial respecting the murder of F9aldes ha. been po•t poned till the 25th inst. in consequence of the ill ness of the woman Bawd. The comet discovered at Marseilles was observ ed at Augsburg on the 2d inst. at 3 hi the morn ing, hi the vicioity of the star i. of . the fourth magnitude in the right wing of the Swan. It appears to have increased considerably since the 15th ult. ' MANHEIM, MARCH s.—Several of the Govern ments in Germany are.attempting to raise loans. The .report is again revived of the intended re establishment of the Order of Malta, for the pur pos'e of. combating the Barbary Powers. COPENHAGEN, Fen. 21 —We have read here in the English Journals, that the Duke of Clarence is to espouse a Princess of Denniark. The only one marriageable is the Princess Royal, but we hive not heard that she has been. demanded in marriage. The report appears to be unfounded. VIENNA, FEB. 28.—Letters from the Tyrol state a sitigular phenomenon. The Glacier of Ostlet, in tile environs of Chiavenna, has increased this winter in a very extraordinary manner, although there has been very little cold weather. Dreadful noises are continually heard at the , bottom of the Glacier. A brook which used to issue from thence has been dry since Alichaelmls, 1817. A similar phenomenon has been observed at the Glacier of the Valley of Naudersberg. HEIDELBERG, MARCH 2.—lt is ' said to be cer tain, that the King of Prussia is desirous of acce lerating as mite') as possible the introduction of a representative organization into his' States. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed on Saturday Niglit. • THEATRE ROYAL, DRVRY-LANE.—The Falls of Clyde : Prin cipal Performers, Mr. H. Johnston and Miss Smithson. After which, The Three and the Deuce. To which was added, Obi. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA RDEx.—(second time), Rob Roy Macgregor: Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. Sinclair; Diana Vernon, Miss Stephens. After which, Harlequin Gulliver. MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Dublin, 7 IVaterrord, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 2 Holland, 1 Gottenbnrgli, 1 France, 1 Fianders. Du P.-1 Dublin, 2 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Holland, 3 Gottenburgli, 4 Ilawburgh. PRICE OF STOCKS THI3 DAY A T rwEtNE o'cixoc. 8 per Ceut. Cons 78 77i 7E4 Exch.Bills, 2 d, IIs. 133 . 101 •Pr• 5 per Ceut. N. Ann..... 105 Ditto, 21d... 12s. 15s. 135. pr. Imp. 3 per Cent. Ann....774A Cons. fur Account.... .784,i India Bonds pr. !UGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Niormng, 11 iinuti:s after 10. j Evening, 30 minutes after 10. THE )t44UINT. 3ottm Q{7l 1)10ERE FALSLIT.I MIDEAT LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1818. We received yesterday the Paris Papers of Thursday last. Those of Friday, which were due this morning, have not come to hand. They add very little to the intelligence %re be fore gave, with the exception of further accounts of shocks of earthquakes, and natural phenomena. Several shocks of earthquakes have been felt in Provence, and in different parts of Italy; the latter in some quarters excited great alarm. At Alazzio, two houses were thrown down, but happily no lives were lost. In the Tyrol a singular phenomenon has occurred ; the Glaciers on some of the moun tains there having enormously increased, accom panied by loud subterranean noises, although the Winter has only been moderately cold. Several of the German Governments are, it is sair!, endeavouring to raise loans, FRENCH FIVIS PHR CENTS. Wedinsday, ex. djv... 63 f. 70 c. The -hardened impenitence of the Culprits who have been executed for the murder of the LYNCH Family, in Ireland, ought to operate upon the minds of the Opposition Writers, who rely upon the dying declaration of BRANDRETH that he had been seduced into LiebeMors by OLIVER. Three of the Irish Culprits, though convicted upon clear and indisputable evidence, died on the scaffold with declarations of innocence. hat the Opposi tion Writers have a great facility in believing whatever may serve their cause, and are incre dulous in the same proportion When facts are against them. If BRANDRETH had died with an acknowledgment of his guilt, and had cleared OLIVER from the imputation of having ensnared him, The Morning Chronicle would have treated his memory with contempt, and have insinuated that he was induced by sinister motives to make such a declaration, but as the matter stands, BRANDRETH is a favourite character with the Party, and held forth as a martyr to the cause of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, and Radical. Reform." We wished to have an opportunity of noticing the professed REPLY of BUONAPARTE to the,Speech of Lord BATMUEST, but were prevented by more pressing matter. We shall make a few remarks on the subject, without regarding whether this Reply really proceeded from the late Usurper of France, or whether it is the product ion of some of .his numerous Wicked agents, or hilly admirers, who unhappily are to be found in every part of Europe. The real admirers of this man taust be little better than idiots, but hi agents are artful men, .who hate no object in view but the subver sion of all legitimate .anthority. Not, perhaps, that they really wish the wild beast may get loose,. except his escape may tend to throw all regular Governments into confusion, that they may have a chance of 'king upon the ruins. Too many of these wretches exist in France, and many, no doubt, in Paris. Hence, we conceive that no thing could be more impolitic and more danger ous thaw to withdraw the Allied troops from France, as they really constitute the protection of that country itself, as well as of all other Eu ropean States. We respect the judgment of our Correspondent in Paris, whose letter we inserted on Saturday, and we shall always attend to his opinions, because, being upon the chief scene of action, he has the means of obtaining authentic information. We firmly rely on the purity of his . motives, and are persuaded that what he writes is founded on conviction, but we shall not hesi- tate to avow our own sentiments, where we (to not entirely assent to his views. But to the Re ply imputed to BUONAPARTE. In this Reply, he is stiled a Prince. If an Usurper can be stiled a Prince, he may have some claim to the designation, but while the i ightful monarch bf France existed, it was a profanation of the term, and is 'still more so now that the rightful Monarch is restored to the Throne of his Ancestors. Jr is said, its the Document in question, that " this great man is dying upon a rock ; he is dying a death sufficient ly slow to be apparently natural." This is a gross falsehood, for it is well-known that he is in a healthy state, and all reports to the contrary are circulated for insidious and flagitious pur poses. As to his being " a great man," the de scription must remind us 'of FlELDlNG'S ' admirable Life of " JONATHAN WILD the Great," who, if his sphere of action had been the same, could hardly have equalled in atrocity the great man at St. Helena. The chief purpose of the Reply is to complain of the four restrictions which have bceii adopted 'in' order to secure the world from the consternation and misery that would probably result from his liberation. These restrictions are-1. The detention at St. Helena-2. The name imposed, of General BUONAPARTE-3. The prohi bition from going abroad upon the rock of St. Helena, otherwise than accompanied by an Of ficer-4. The obligation of writing none but open Letters, to be transmitted to the Officer appointed to guard Saint Helena ;. and secondly, of receiving none but opened Letters, which have passed under the eye of the Minister. When man kind 'reflect on the Misery, which this Miscreant has inflicted upon the world, and which he only wants the power of again inflicting, can any wise and well-disposed people think that these restric tions are too severe ? After agreeing to the con ditions by which lie was placed at Falba, and vio lating all those conditions, in order again tDdis turh the peace of mankind, he may well think that he had a lucky escape in not atoning for the h6r rors Which he committed on . a public scaffold. He deserves - no better fate, for a greater offender against mankind never existed among civilized. States. But it is said that "no instance will be cited in the history of Great Britain or of France, in whickPrisOners of War, were sent away to be in a state of detention in another hemisphere, and on.an isolaterl.rock, , in the midst of the seas."— Granted—but extraordinary cases demand extraor dinary measures. There never was so great a culprit in Great Britain or France before, and this great Culprit has experienced more lenity than he de serves, in not, as we have observed, having been immolated on the altar of universal justice. It is said that the four restrictions are " contrary to the Law of Nations." What right has this man to appeal to the Law..of Nations, who bas trampled upon all Laws, human and divine, and disturbed all Nations ? What regard had he to the Law of Nations, when he forced his brother first upon the Throne of Naples, and afterwards upon that of Spain, elevating his minion MuRAT 1111011 the former, 'and raising the Kingdom of Westpha lia for his infamous brother JEROME, obtruding another brother on Holland; his seizure of ,Swit zerland, an independent Republic, and number less other enormities that place him out of the pate of the Law of Nations, and render him r a, fit oDiect for such a punishment as might ever rid the world of such a monster. We ba o ', said enough at preielitto sheur the folly and tilt fallacy of this Reply, froin whatever quarter proceeds ; but - as there are too many people is the world who consider triumphant iniquity 0 meritorions elevation, we 'shall, at our leisuro' .probably resume the silt - Oct, just observing the mean time, that we deem all restrictions tho.', may obviate the dangei• escape to be essenti. sl l, to the peace, the happiness, and security of 5 11 Europe, and all its dependencies. SHIP NE WS. DEAL, MARCH 15. Arrived the extra packet Trafalgar, with a Flanders mail from Ostend , which was lauded here. Put' back last evening the Catharine Griffiths, PEYSTER, with lunch d3' mage, having been run on board of by another , ship off the Wight, and has sailed (or the River to repair. Several more ships have come back particulars unknown.. Came down from the fa' ver the England, RAY, for JaMaica, and remains , with the outward.bound, in the Downs. BRIXHAM, MARCH 14.-The whole of the Yes' sels so long detained in thii Bay and Harboa sailed yesterday, with the wind at North, which hacked to the IVestward at night, and continuer but as it is moderate, it is likelYlhey will all clear the land, as they lost no time, and were out et the Bay early in the morning. GUERNSEY, MARCH B.—Arrived the Aimwells ALEXANDER, from Oporto to London, with fruit, &c. The Master reports, that the Medora, of Newcastle, struck on Oporto Bar in coming out, on the 28th of February, and was making three feet water an hour, but afterwards she took up a little. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.--a-Arrived a very log* fleet of outward-bound ships from the Downs among them are as follows :—Europe Indiamati• for Bengal ; Hippolito, HILL, for Calcutta; Bombay Merchant, CLARKSON, for Bombay % Recovery, SOTHERLY, for I.l l ldras and Bengali Juno, DEAN, for the Cape of Good Hope; Tot" tenham, M‘DouGALL, and Isabella, convict shirr for New South Wales ; Camden, JOHNS O N, fO Batavia ; Elizabeth, CASSIE, for Jamaica ; Ealing Grove, for Demerara ; IVellington , EDWARD', for Dublin ; James Harris, COTTON, for Jamaica; Louisa, HILL, for Rio Janeiro ; William awl Henry, SMITH, for Leghorn ; William Bryant. URQUHART, for Jamaica ; Starling, BARNETT, fat Malta; Sovereign, MILLER, for Jamaica; G e er. , giana, WARREN, for Berbice ; Britannia, Fistula. for Grenada ; William, COFFIN, for New York ; Good Friends, SHERALD, for Havannah ; HARLAND, for St.. Thomas's ; l i osthumoto. HOOD, for Jamaica ; and Plutus 4 BRYANT, fag Montserrat. FALMOUTH, MAACH 13.—Arrived the MIA cutter from Plymouth. Sailed the Lady Arabell* packet, and Duke of Marlborough picket, wit b mails for Lishon; Francis Freeling packet, and Duke of York packet, with ditto for New York ; Blucher packet, with ditto for Jamdic . a ; 11140' chester packet, with ditto for• tile.,Leeward Islands; and Lord Sidmouth packet,, with ditto for Gibraltar and Malta. • LEM!, MARCH 13.—The Hern r frouiDaiitz”-* n attempting to get into the harbour, struck 03 be Bar, but is expected to be got off neo ide. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 14.—The Jane, --, fo f Philadelphia, ran foul yesterday of the Neptun e from New York, for Dublin, and carried away be t main-mast and the Neptune's foremast. Th e c re/ of a Pilot boat report, that they have seers di g top-gallant-masts of a large ship sunk outside of the Floating Light. . DOVER, MARCH 15.---Wind S. S. W. Mei. strong, with rain and, thick .weather.—Carne iA the Brisk transport tvith troops from Calais'. RAMSGATH, MARcn 15:=---C . ame in several vet . vels ; among them the F6x, integrity. and : Eliz a transports, from Chatham boUnd to Calais. The Kingston, LRISHMAN, from London for Marti" nique, has lost an anchor and cable, and stove 1I her bows. The Asia's cargo is nearly all oat and landed, with trifling damage, and the vessel is expected to be got off when the tides put The Angus still remains on the Main ; her cargo is landed, and the ship is expected to be got off its' a day or two. About two-thirds of the Zeeland's cargo is landed, part of it damaged. A respectable Russian house in the City bought up, - on Friday and Saturday, all the lituptftel, could find in the Market. Various reports are •signed as causes for this transaction, amongst others, that the purchases arc made in the Comm teniplation of a war between Spain and Anierica. CANADA CLUB.-The third Spring Dinner . 01 this Society was held an Saturday last at the Freemasons' Tavern--HENRY . USBORNE, EICI• iR the Chair—ANGUS SHAW,.aqi. Vice. It was Ml' tnerously attended. ~r~~ ~~ / LI 11 1) Plit t4) s h‘ 4l J ive Atm t irif4 It ori 4'16, 41 let. tVeti